The Alston Wilkes Society is governed by a Board of Directors of 18 members from across the Carolinas. Board members are elected for a three-year term and can be re-elected for one additional three year term after which they must rotate off of the board for at least one year before serving again, unless they are serving an unexpired term, in which case they can still serve two full three year terms.
Our Board Officers
Jay Dowd, PhD
Board President
CEO, The Citadel Foundation
Gary Maynard
Board Vice President
Retired, Commissioner of SC Department of Corrections
Clay Catoe
Board Secretary
Director of Lancaster County EMS
Rev. Stephen Taylor
Past Board President
Senior Pastor, Union United Methodist Church
Andrew Cole, Esq.
Board Treasurer
Asst. Attorney General, SC Attorney General’s Office
Our Board Members
Ann Eldridge Kolb
Board Member
Retired Education Consultant
Gary Maynard
Board Vice President
Retired, Commissioner of SC Department of Corrections
Judy Anderson
Board Member
Retired Warden, Camille Griffin Graham Correctional Institution
Jeff Black
Board Member
Founder & CEO, Blacksheep Inc., Global Leadership Company
Dr. Julia Boyd
Board Member
Retired, District 2 Education Administrator
Dickie Brunson
Board Member
Retired, Chief US Probation Officer
Chris Cowan
Board Member
Chief of Police, Cayce Police Department
Andrew Cole, Esq.
Board Treasurer
Asst. Attorney General, SC Attorney General’s Office
Vicky L. Edwards
Board Member
Placement Director, Faces Inc.
Jeffrey Jones
Board Member
Deputy Adjutant General of SC
Mitch Lucas
Board Member
Retired, Assistant Sheriff, Charleston County
David “Digit” Matheny
Board Member
Real Estate Agent – Mt. Pleasant, S.C.
Molly McCartha
Board Member
Assistant Vice President/Branch Manager, South State Bank
Lucas McMillan, PhD
Board Member
Lander University Dean of the College of Behavioral & Social Science & Professor of Political Science
Amber Morgan
Board Member
Department Chair, Greenville Technical College
Wendy Regoeczi, PhD
Board Member
Professor & USC Department Chair, Criminology & Criminal Justice Department
Past Board Presidents
Bob Jeter*
Rev. Claude McIntosh*
Rhett Jackson
Paul Bendt
Dr. Harris Parker*
Betty McKellar*
Ellis MacDougall*
J.W. Witherspoon*
Allan Shurr*
Dr. Joanne Fraser
Rallie Seigler
Rev. Dr. David Donges
Mark Taylor, Esq.
Claude Huguley*
John Bourne
Maurice Halloway
Nancy Godbold
Dr. Sylvia Clark
Robert Barber
Bill McDonald
The Honorable Mary Clark
Rev. Dr. Fred Andrea
Rev. Dr. James Adams
W.H. Nicholson, III, Esq.
Founder
Rev. Eli Alston Wilkes*
First Executive Director
Parker Evatt
* Indicates this person is now deceased